Short, practical pages for the jobs that eat Revit afternoons. Built-in ways first, add-ins where they earn their place. No fluff, no 4,000-word listicles.
Each one shows the built-in way, where it breaks, and the one-click way with a Parapet app.
By position, by level, with a prefix - without dragging tags around for an hour.
Sixty views onto sixty numbered sheets with the right title block, in one action.
Department, fire rating, phase, workset - colored with a legend, reset in one click.
Four ways to change a value on hundreds of elements, compared - with a grid that validates.
Export a schedule, fix it in Excel, and get the values back in without retyping.
The full round trip: preview, map, validate, push - and why Google Sheets changes the game.
Where DWGs hide (families, hidden views, worksets) and how to delete them safely. Free tool.
A 912 MB model and where the weight actually is - the cleanup order that works.
Where add-ins live, what the “Unsigned Add-In” dialog means, how to verify a download.
The same three apps, four different weeks.
For when you are choosing, not doing.
Where Parapet wins, where it doesn't, and which tool to pick for which job.
Ideate BIMLink, pyRevit, Dynamo, DiRoots, Autodesk Model Checker - one table, one positioning map.
Two Excel links for Revit: sources, validation, licensing model, who each one is for.
Free toolbox vs productised apps - why most teams end up running both.
What changed for add-ins, what still loads, what to check before upgrading.
Compatibility, the .NET 8 platform, how to check an add-in supports 2027, and what Parapet covers.
The .NET Framework → .NET 8 split explained, with a timeline from 2020 to 2027.
Short answers, then the docs.
Installer, portable ZIP, the Parapet tab, trials and keys.
Offline windows, moving seats, payment retries, what data leaves your PC.
No Parapet tab, .NET 8 on 2025+, conflicts with other add-ins, proxies.
Missing a guide? Ask for it - most of these pages started as a support email.